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Standing Beside Us, Even As We Grieve

By Robin Bates | Published: November 2, 2019

In a sonnet written for All Souls’ Day, Malcolm Guite writes that, when we grieve, we are supported by all who have passed on, who reflect Christ’s light.

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Caught Up in the Singing

By Robin Bates | Published: April 13, 2019

Palm Sunday Anglican priest and poet Malcolm Guite is the author of many wondrous lyrics, including “Seventy Sonnets for the Christian Year” found in Sounding the Season (Canterbury 2012). “Palm Sunday” captures something I’ve always noticed but never fully grasped—that days before the trauma of Good Friday, there’s a moment of euphoria that seems to […]

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Touching the Wounded God

By Robin Bates | Published: April 12, 2015

Malcolm Guite’s “Sonnet for St. Thomas the Apostle” celebrates the urge to touch God.

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The Dove Descends, the Spirit Soars

By Robin Bates | Published: January 12, 2014

The baptism of Jesus, like his birth, symbolizes a moment when divinity enters the world.

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